Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
September 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1989 at Royals Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 2

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Johnson lf 4 0 1 0
Fletcher 2b 4 0 1 1
Calderon dh 4 1 2 0
Fisk c 3 0 1 1
  Sosa pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Boston rf 1 1 0 0
  Karkovice c 0 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Lyons ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 0 0 0
Gallagher cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Guillen ss 3 1 0 0
Hibbard p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Thigpen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Seitzer 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Brett 1b 4 0 2 0
Jackson lf 4 1 1 1
Eisenreich rf 4 0 2 0
Tabler dh 3 0 0 1
Stillwell ss 3 0 1 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
  Tartabull ph 1 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Chicago 000 001 003450
Kansas City 000 002 000281
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hibbard   5.1 7 2 2 1 1
  Jones  W (2-2) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Thigpen  SV (32) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon   6.0 3 1 1 3 2
  Crawford   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery  L (7-3) 1.0 2 3 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
3
4
3

  E–Montgomery (2).  DP–Chicago 2, Kansas City 2.  2B–Chicago Fisk (22,off Montgomery).  3B–Kansas City Wilson (6,off Hibbard).  SH–Boston (4,off Gordon); Lyons (12,off Montgomery).  SB–Guillen (34,3rd base off Gordon/Boone); Johnson (12,2nd base off Gordon/Boone); Brett (12,2nd base off Hibbard/Fisk); Jackson (26,2nd base off Hibbard/Fisk).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:40.  A–23,722.
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